Attachment to Report 04.241 Submissions on Wellington Regional Pedestrian Strategy Submitter Celia Wade-Brown and Mike Mellor - Living Streets Aotearoa I Brian Roberts, New Zealand Automobile Association Ihc Lindsay Daysh, Transit New Zealand Janet McKay, Regional Public Health 5 Stephen Rainbow, Wellington City Council 6 Sherilyn Hinton, Kapiti Coast District Council 7 Diane Morris 8 Rachel Brown 9 Porirua City Council 10 Greater Wellington Regional Council Living Streets Aotearoa L www.livingstreets.org.nz PO Box 11 -663 Wellington March 2004 Dear MS McConnell and members of Greater Wellington Regional Council, On behalf of Living Streets Aotearoa, thank you for the opportunity to make a submission on Greater Wellington’s draft Pedestrian Strategy. We appreciated being part of the first stage of consultation but feel there is more substance to be added to the Strategy and its Action Programme. Celia Wade-Brown (LSA President) & Mike Mellor (Living Streets Wellington Contact)
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[email protected] (04) 383 6691 or 027 483 6691 388 8625 Contents of Submission General points and background Comments on the draft Strategy Comments on the Action Programme Examples from elsewhere Illustrations of Wellington problems Living Streets Aotearoa Inc. Objects I Note - the terms ‘walking’, ‘pedestrians’ and ‘walkers’ are generally intended to include people in wheelchairs, pushchairs and those using other mobility aids, General matters Living Streets Aotearoa (Wellington) welcomes Greater Wellington’s Walking Strategy. However, it needs more attention to the reasons why we should encourage walking. We must state up front WHY we want “more pedestrians in a convenient, safe and pleasant environment”, to make the Strategy persuasive to a broad range of stakeholders.